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Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu

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dc.contributor.author Fogwill, T
dc.contributor.author Van Zyl, P
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-28T13:05:32Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-28T13:05:32Z
dc.date.issued 2009-05
dc.identifier.citation Fogwill, T and Van Zyl, P. 2009. Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu. African Digital Scholarship & Curation Conference, South Africa, Pretoria, 12-14 May 2009. pp 11 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556
dc.description African Digital Scholarship & Curation Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 12-14 May 2009. pp 11 en
dc.description.abstract Open source software (OSS) is software for which the source code is made available under a software license that allows it to be used, modified and redistributed without restriction. As such, OSS is freely available for use and inspection and allows unconstrained customisation and modification for any particular need. For this reason, the South African national R&D strategy clearly identifies OSS as a vehicle for fostering local innovation and economic development. Besides these benefits, the use of OSS for scientific computing can significantly lower the barriers-to-entry for poorly funded research institutions in developing countries, while empowering scientists in those institutions to contribute and collaborate with their peers globally. Linux, an open source operating system, can run scientific tools for almost all scientific disciplines. This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of the Scubuntu 8.10 installation program, to determine whether it addresses the problem associated with installing scientific software on Linux. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Linux en
dc.subject Open source software en
dc.subject OSS en
dc.subject Scubuntu project en
dc.subject Scubuntu 8.10 en
dc.subject Computer software en
dc.subject Software installation en
dc.subject Digital curation en
dc.subject African digital scholarship en
dc.subject Empowering African scientists en
dc.subject CD-based installer Scubuntu en
dc.title Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Fogwill, T., & Van Zyl, P. (2009). Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Fogwill, T, and P Van Zyl. "Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Fogwill T, Van Zyl P, Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Fogwill, T AU - Van Zyl, P AB - Open source software (OSS) is software for which the source code is made available under a software license that allows it to be used, modified and redistributed without restriction. As such, OSS is freely available for use and inspection and allows unconstrained customisation and modification for any particular need. For this reason, the South African national R&D strategy clearly identifies OSS as a vehicle for fostering local innovation and economic development. Besides these benefits, the use of OSS for scientific computing can significantly lower the barriers-to-entry for poorly funded research institutions in developing countries, while empowering scientists in those institutions to contribute and collaborate with their peers globally. Linux, an open source operating system, can run scientific tools for almost all scientific disciplines. This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of the Scubuntu 8.10 installation program, to determine whether it addresses the problem associated with installing scientific software on Linux. DA - 2009-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Linux KW - Open source software KW - OSS KW - Scubuntu project KW - Scubuntu 8.10 KW - Computer software KW - Software installation KW - Digital curation KW - African digital scholarship KW - Empowering African scientists KW - CD-based installer Scubuntu LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 T1 - Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu TI - Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556 ER - en_ZA


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